– It was a huge shock for the entire chess world when, on September 26th 2016 Mark Dvoretsky passed away at the age of 68 years. At the Candidates tournament, which were held in Moscow in March 2016, ChessBase editor Sagar Shah and his wife Amruta Mokal met Mark at his home in Tallinskaya. In an interview that lasted well over two hours you get to know a lot about the legend's personality. This is Dvoretsky's last in-depth interview which deals with his life as a player, trainer and an author. Mark is no more but his teachings live on. Interview with Mark Dvoretsky By Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal It is better to be first in the village, than second in Rome! Mark Dvoretsky ( - ) It was 15th of March 2016, the fourth round at the Candidates tournament 2016, Moscow.
Sitting in the press room, I was working on the analysis of the four games that were in progress. Suddenly I noticed Amruta (my wife), who was busy taking pictures, making a dash into the press room. With heavy breath and great excitement, she blurted, 'He is here, he is here, come quick!' I left all my work. I knew who had entered into the tournament venue. Before coming to Moscow, Amruta and I had decided that if any of us saw Mark Dvoretsky we would leave whatever it was that we were doing, no matter how important, and spend maximum time with the legend. When I was around 2200 and unable to make tangible progress in chess, it was Dvoretsky's books that came to my rescue.
Windows 7 32 bits download. Knut Neven’s Research Database – Knut has created a huge, high-quality game collection in Chessbase format for sale on CD with regular updates. Lars Balzer – Links to game collections on the internet. Like this list, but more international. MontrealBase – Games from Montreal players past and present. Old In Chess – In Spanish. Historical site includes a database of old games (mostly from the 70’s last I checked).
He taught me how every sound idea had to be backed up with variations. He asked questions which made me think deeply about the game, and his didactic answers almost always cleared my doubts. This man who had helped me become a strong chess player and in general improved the quality of not only my chess understanding, but also my life, was now sitting right in front me, in person. He was alone in the spectator's area, staring at the big screen projecting the games. I went up to him and introduced myself in a way that many people must have done to him in the past: 'Hi Mark, I have read almost every book that you have ever written and I am a big big fan of your work.' Mark smiled and replied in a calm manner.
